Author Archives: American Writers Museum
Writing Advice for the New Year
It might be tough to believe, but a new year is upon us and with [...]
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Dec
My America: Amitav Ghosh
"My writing emerges from that borderland between many languages. Bengali, Italian, English. I draw on [...]
Dec
“My America” Reading List
All the books featured in My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today. We present our [...]
Dec
My America: Akwaeke Emezi
"I only belong in places I create. And that has been, I think, the most [...]
Dec
In Their Own Words: Dominic A. Pacyga
Historian Dominic A. Pacyga grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a working [...]
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Dec
My America: Edwidge Danticat
I became a writer because I grew up with storytellers, oral storytellers. Some of them [...]
Dec
In Their Own Words: Rebecca Deng
Rebecca Deng hasn’t had an easy life. Born in what is now South Sudan, her [...]
Dec
Thank You Joy Harjo
"I remember the first time I felt seen in poetry...It was the first time I’d [...]
Nov
My America: Pablo Cartaya
Throughout his life, people have been telling Pablo Cartaya to stop speaking Spanish. When he [...]
Nov
My America: Gustavo Arellano
Each week, the My America blog series will introduce you to one of the writers featured in [...]
Nov
